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OKB

OKB noun: a special design bureau of the Soviet Union, that performed experimental research and development.

Noun

OKB (plural OKBs)

  1. (Cold War) A special design bureau of the Soviet Union, that performed experimental research and development.

Forms of OKB

pluralOKBs

Origin of OKB

From Russian ОКБ (OKB), initialism of опытное конструкторское бюро (opytnoje konstruktorskoje bjuro) or опытно-конструкторское бюро (opytno-konstruktorskoje bjuro, “expert design bureau”).

Questions about OKB

What does OKB mean?
OKB means a special design bureau of the Soviet Union, that performed experimental research and development.
What part of speech is OKB?
OKB is a noun.
What is the plural of OKB?
The plural of OKB is OKBs.

Words near OKB in the dictionary

  1. okaysies
  2. Okazaki
  3. Okazaki fragment
  4. Okazaki fragments
  5. Okazakis
  6. OKB
  7. OKBs
  8. OKC
  9. OkCupider
  10. OkCupiders
  11. OKDK

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